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AJA Announces the Ki Pro Quad, a 4K RAW/Quad HD/2K/HD Recorder for $4,000

04.17.12 @ 1:41PM Tags : aja, kipro, kiproquad, nab, nab2012

AJA is making some big news at NAB, as they just announced the Ki Pro Quad, a 4K recorder that takes the best features of the Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini, and adds 4K RAW support. Canon is working closely with AJA to support the 4K C500 camera, and they were showing it off connected to the KPQ at their booth. AJA has finally added a reference monitor with playback, so you can be sure that you are actually recording when you hit the button on the Ki Pro Quad. I had a chance to talk with Andy Bellamy of AJA about the KPQ, and embedded below is a video showing the device and the conversation I had with Andy. More »

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NAB 2012: Day 1 Recap - Blackmagic, AJA, SmallHD, RED

04.17.12 @ 6:11AM Tags : aja, blackmagic, kiproquad, nab, nab2012, red, redprojector, redray, smallhd

This being my first time at NAB, it’s a little overwhelming with the incredible amount of exhibitors on hand. It should also be noted there are not a team of shooters and editors on hand to help me out – just me shooting and uploading everything you see (if you’re wondering why some videos might take so long to be uploaded). Some of the biggest news of the first day was the Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera, which I had a few moments to play with and take a look at, and I also had a great interview with Simon Westland of Blackmagic. Some other big news was the announcement of the AJA Ki Pro Quad 4K recorder, and SmallHD’s new DP7 display, which has two versions – one with a very bright LCD and the other with an OLED – which reproduces colors impeccably. More »

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AJA, Blackmagic, and Matrox Introduce Thunderbolt Video Interfaces at IBC

09.10.11 @ 3:10PM Tags : aja, blackmagic, datawrangling, hardware, matrox

The new Intel/Apple thunderbolt interface is much simpler and potentially cheaper than previous high-speed solutions. It’s also much more versatile, with a display interface built-in; on-set data wrangling, for example, stands to become a more straightforward and more compact operation with thunderbolt. At Amsterdam’s IBC tradeshow this weekend, each of the leading video hardware companies introduced new thunderbolt interfaces: More »

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AJA Ki Pro Mini Field Recorder Now In Stock

05.23.11 @ 8:39PM Tags : aja, fieldrecorder, gear, kipromini

One of the main differences between cameras costing >$10k and cheaper HD/DSLR camcorders is the recording codec. Out of necessity (or simply because manufacturers want to differentiate their lineups), the cheaper cameras generally ship with a lossy compression scheme that doesn’t hold up as well to color correction. The solution is an external recorder (provided your camera has a good HDMI or HD-SDI output), and the Aja Ki Pro Mini is a nicely-sized $2k recorder that uses Apple ProRes (pictured next to its bigger brother, the Ki Pro). The Ki Pro Mini has been out for a few months but it’s been fairly hard to find in terms of availability, and now it’s in stock at B&H Photo. For anyone who’s been thinking of upgrading their current rig with an external recorder, the Mini is a top candidate; here’s a review at ProVideo Coalition, and here’s a video overview from AbelCine: More »